Putin doing manly things

Putin doing manly things

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, fixes a radio beacon on a neck of a polar bear, which was anaesthetized, during a visit to a research institute at the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, April 29, 2010.

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Putin doing manly things

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin takes measurements of a polar bear during a visit to a research institute at the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, April 29, 2010.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin and scientists examining a polar bear on the Alexandra Land island.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin looks at a bear at the South Kamchatka Sanctuary outside Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Far East of Russia, Aug. 24, 2010.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin and scientists examining a polar bear on the island Alexandra Land, part of the Franz Josef Land archipalego.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin takes part in a judo training session at the Moscow sports complex, which is in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 22, 2010.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin takes part in a judo training session in St. Petersburg, Dec. 22, 2010.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin takes part in a judo training session in St. Petersburg, Dec. 22, 2010. Putin is a blackbelt in judo.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin sits with a group during a judo training session at the Moscow sports complex in St. Petersburg, Dec. 22, 2010, casually wearing his black belt around his neck.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin takes part in a judo training session at the Moscow sports complex in St. Petersburg, Dec. 22, 2010.

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Putin doing manly things

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin carries a hunting rifle during a trip in Ubsunur Hollow in the Siberian Tyva region, on the border with Mongolia, Russia, Sept. 2010 photo.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin feeds a horse in the mountains of the Siberian Tyva region during a short vacation, Aug. 3, 2009.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin rides a horse in the mountains of the Siberian Tyva region, Aug. 3, 2009.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin swims while traveling in the mountains of the Siberian Tyva region, Aug. 3, 2009.

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Putin doing manly things

Vladimir Putin sits in a tree while traveling in the the Siberian Tyva region during a short vacation, Aug. 3, 2009.